02/06/2023
ELSiA welcomes EP adoption of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive [EN]
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VIDEO | Catholic actors: “the European Year of Skills 2023 should be an opportunity to invest more in people”
On the occasion of the European Year of Skills 2023, COMECE and its partners organised on the 31st of May 2023 the dialogue conference: “Grounded in the Present, skilled for the Future”, addressing reskilling and upskilling in the context of the current challenges of the labour market and education in the EU. Watch the video The designation of 2023 as the European Year … Continue reading
Press Release
Delegation of European Churches meets with Swedish EU Presidency
An ecumenical delegation representing the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) and the Conference of European Churches (CEC) met with Swedish Minister for Social Affairs and Public Health, Jakob Forssmed, on Tuesday, 30 May 2023, to discuss the implementation of the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the EU. Read COMECE-CEC Contribution During the meeting held in Stockholm, the ecumenical delegation expressed … Continue reading
26/05/2023
Joint Pentecost message of the COMECE and CEC Presidents [EN]
26/05/2023
Bishop Vokal’s speech at the European Parliament on Ukraine [EN]
Press Release
COMECE and CEC Presidents share a joint message for Pentecost
To mark the occasion of Pentecost, considering the impact of war in Ukraine, resulting in horrific physical, material and spiritual suffering, H.E. Mgr. Mariano Crociata and Rev. Christian Krieger, respectively presidents of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) and of the Conference of European Churches (CEC), issue the following message on Friday, 26 May 2023. Download the message Since the … Continue reading
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COMECE and EU decision-makers discuss ways to promote peace in Ukraine at the European Parliament
COMECE gathered Church representatives, EU policy-makers and civil society actors at the European Parliament, in Brussels, on Thursday 25 May 2023, in a roundtable dedicated to the war in Ukraine and on-going security challenges in the EU’s Eastern neighbourhood. Mgr. Vokál: “The EU needs to offer to the continent a renewed strategic vision for stability, justice and peace”. Read Mgr. Vokál’s speech Against the … Continue reading
Event
Join the Ecumenical Prayer for Peace and Christian unity to be held at the European parliament
In the context of Pentecost, COMECE and CEC invite you to join the Ecumenical Prayer event for Peace and Christian unity which will take place at the European Parliament on Tuesday 6 June 2023 from 08:00 to 09:00 (CET). Registration is now open! The Ecumenical Prayer Breakfast will feature a reflection on Isaiah 1:12-18 “Do good; seek justice” offered by Prof. Tomáš Halík, President of … Continue reading
23/05/2023
Mgr. Crociata’s congratulations letter to new CELAM President [ES]
Poland
Christian ARTworks: St. Michael the Archangel (Diocese of Łomża)
This month, our ‘Christian Heritage month by month’ column presents the Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel in Łomża, the oldest monument in the entire northeast Poland and a great masterpiece of Gothic architecture. For more information, visit the official website of the Diocese. The founder of the church was Anna Radziwiłł, the wife of Konrad II the Red, Prince of Mazovia. The church was … Continue reading